Today in Western Civ class I learned that to the west of the Fertile Crescent is Africa.  I also learned that the Nile River flows from South to North rather than North to South, another thing I learned about the Nile river is that it is like a clock that has a certain time each year that it will flood were as The Tigris and Euphrates are unpredictable and can flood whenever.  I also learned that when the Nile river overflows that it leaves behind a rich mud that can be identified as silt, silt helps the Egyptian people a lot as it contains many useful nutrients for plants and acts as a manure for them.  In Egypt Kings were considered to be Gods were as in Mesopotamia Kings were considered representatives of Gods.

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